Bicycle-stand.



H. W. ZELINSKY.

BICYCLE STAND.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 20, 191;.

Patented Jan. 30

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UNITED sTArEs PATENT orrroE.

HUGO W. ZELINSKY, OF TACOMA, WASHINGTON.

BICYCLE-STAND.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HUGO WILLIAM Zn- LINSKY, a citizenof the UnitedStates, residing at Tacoma, in the county of Pierce and State ofIVashington, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inBicycle-Stands, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in bicycle stands, and has for itsleading object the provision of an improved simple stand which may bereadily secured to an ordinary bicycle or motor-cycle which will servewhen depressed to support the cycle in upright position, and when inupwardly swung position will serve as a luggage carrier.

A further object of my invention is the provision of an improved arm forsupporting the cycle stand which arm may be readily secured to the rearaxle of the cycle and will serve both as a secure attachment for thestand to retain the same in position on the cycle and will also serve asa looking washer for the rear axle.

Other objects and advantages of my improved motor-cycle stand will beapparent from the following description taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings, and it will be understood that I may make anymodifications in the specific structure shown and described within thescope of my claim without departing from or exceeding the spirit of theinvention.

Figure 1 represents a side elevation of my device applied to a wheel,illustrating its use as a supporting stand. Fig. 2 represents a similarview of a wheel illustrating the stand used as a luggage support. Fig. 3represents a detailed view of the supporting frame, and Fig. 1represents a plan view of the stand and supporting hook in engagementtherewith.

In the drawings, the numeral 1 designates the arms of the rear fork ofthe bicycle. said arms having secured at their lower ends the rear axle2 and being connected above the circle of movement of the wheel 3 by thebrace tube 4. Engaged upon the outer end of the axle spindle 2 on eachside of the bicycle is the supporting plate of my improved bicyclesupport, said plate having an arm 5 provided with an aperture 6 throughwhich the axle spindle passes. the plate extending reversely in a secondarm 7 projecting at an acute angle to the Specification of LettersPatent.

Application filed June 20, 1911.

Serial No. 634,213.

arm 5 and having an upwardly extending arm 8 to rest against the outerside of one of the arms 1 of the rear fork. Said arm or portion 8 of theplate has formed integral therewith a pair of tongues 9 which are bentor curved to extend inward around the arm 1 and have apertures 10therein through which is passed a clamping bolt (not shown) which lieson the opposite side of the arm 1 from the plate arm 8 and thus servesto secure the arm 8 in fixed position.

Mounted on the axle 2 exterior to the arm 5 of the plate is a nut 12which secures the plate in position on the rear axle, the plate thusserving as a washer between the axle securing nuts and the nut 12 toprevent working loose of the axle securing nut.

Secured in the aperture 13 formed at the vertex of the arms 5 and 7 isthe pivot pin 14 on which is rotatably mounted the eye 15 of the pair ofrods or wires 16 which diverge from each other to provide a pair ofsupporting legs at each side of the machine or cycle, said legs on eachside being connected on their lower ends by the brace 18, while the endsof corresponding legs on opposite sides of the cycle are connected bythe portions 17 integral with the said legs, the members 17 and 18together forming a rectangular base for the stand when used to supportthe cycle, and forming a baggage rest when the stand is in upwardlyswung position.

To retain the stand in upwardly swung position, I employ my improvedlocking hook comprising a bar 19 having an upwardly curving bifurcatedend 20 and having its other end formed into a pair of bifurcated lugs21, said lugs 21 fitting around the brace 1 and being connected by bolts22 to secure the hook member firmly in position. Pivoted between thefurcations 20 by the pin 23 is the hook member 24 having a recess 25 toengage one of the rods 17 of the stand frame, a blade spring 26 havingone end secured to the bar 19 and the other bearing against hook memberto resiliently force it upward and hold it in engagement with the standframe.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the drawings itwill be seen that I have provided an improved cycle stand which willserve to support the cycle in upright position or when swung upward willprovide a baggage carrier and it will Patented Jan. 30,1912.

be further observed that I have provided a novel and an improved platefor attaching the stand to the cycle and also an improved readilyattachable hook for folding the stand in elevated position to serve as aluggage carrier.

I claim The combination with the rear fork of a cycle, of an axlespindle mounted therein, a V-shaped plate having one end mounted on theaxle, the other end of the plate having a laterally projectingarmresting against an arm of the fork, said projecting arm having rigidlyintegrally formed inwardly ext-ending tongues spanning-the arm of thefork,

means for securing said tongues to the fork, a similar plate securedtothe other arm of the fork at the opposite end of the axle spindlepivot pins projecting outwardly from the vertices of the plates, and acombined stand and luggage support having the ends of its arms pivotallysecured to the pivot pins.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature, in the presence of twowitnesses.

HUGO W. ZELINSKY.

WVitnesses S. ZELINSKY,

A. O. WALL.

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